Letter: Politicians could pay for USS Clamagore

As an old Navy man (1943-1946), I am very excited about the hopes of having the USS Clamagore submarine call Knoxville its home port.

It's about time someone started to upgrade our sleepy little town with something besides liquor and moonshine stills. Every time I pick up the paper, it's all about moonshine operations and brewers opening up in our downtown. Enough, I say.

We have enough millionaires in this town to bring this submarine to Fort Loudoun Lake. Three million dollars is chump change to the likes of the Haslams and Claytons and people who win the lottery. What a great way to spend your money. Maybe U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander would like to have his name on a World War II museum. Our big politicians, including U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., need a place to empty their war chests. Turn their big bucks loose and do something for our city and county besides hotdogs and hamburgers.

Come on, Knoxville, get behind this project and do something good for a change.